A Study of the Female Life Course [microform] / Yoshiko Sugaya
- Bib ID:
- 5486862
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Sugaya, Yoshiko
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985
- 11 p.
- Summary:
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A study examined the historical changes that have occurred in the female life course pattern in rural communities in Japan. The family and career patterns of two generations of women were studied from a generation-lineage and age cohort perspective. The older-generation sample consisted of women between the ages of 50 and 79, and the younger-generation sample consisted of their daughters-in-law who live with them. The data were drawn from a 1983-1984 study that was conducted in Shiwahimecho, Miyagi Prefecture. Five items of family career (marriage, birth of first and last children, number of children, and type of mate selected and mate selection process used) were studied to analyze generational changes in the timing of transitional events. Three items related to career patterns (occupational experience before marriage, type of occupation held longest, and present working situation) were also studied. Those women in the younger generation got married two to three years later than did their older-generation counterparts. Both generations of women had their first child about two years after getting married; the older-generation women had their last child later than did the younger women, primarily because the older women had more children. All of the older women had arranged marriages, whereas many members of the younger cohort had chosen their own mates. The premarital labor force participation rates of the two groups were similar, with more of the younger women continuing to work after marriage. The older women tended to be employed in farming, whereas the younger working women tend to be employed full time in small factories or offices. (MN)
- Notes:
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- Annual Report of the Institute of Living Sciences, v18 p83-91 1985.
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